Multi-objective Robust Output Feedback Control for Receiver Station-Keeping in Boom and Receptacle Refueling

Abstract

This paper considers the multi-objective reliable robust output feedback control problem for receiver station-keeping in boom and receptacle refueling (BRR), which considers the main features of BRR, i.e., mass and inertia variation of receiver aircraft, sensors failure, input constraints and disturbance attenuation. A new receiver aircraft model is firstly established in terms of those main features of BRR. Then, a new multiple objectives robust output feedback controller is designed for this control problem. The controller’s existence is derived by using the Lyapunov method and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) technique; and then the desired controller can be achieved by the LMI tools. A practice example is presented to demonstrate that the proposed controller design method can successfully solve the multi-objective control problem.